Fossil resins, particularly amber, are valuable materials that provide insights into ancient ecosystems and the history of plant life. Recent research has focused on characterizing these resins ...

Amber, the fossilised tree resin, is often known as ‘The Gold of the North’ or the ‘Gem of the Baltic’, because of its beautiful colour. According to the first Polish monograph devoted to it, the 1833 ...

In 2017, scientists discovered amber in a sediment core from the Antarctic, and analysis since has revealed a startling truth ...

Approximately 38 million years ago two termites were in the middle of courtship behavior when they got entrapped by tree resin ... amber. This, so far, oldest and only-described fossil of an ...

Amber is fossilized resin, or tree sap ... like a transparent time capsule. Until now, amber fossils had been found on every one of Earth's continents, except for Antarctica.

Amber was found in western Antarctica, revealing fossilized tree resin over 40,000 years old, providing a new glimpse into the continent’s verdant past. (Source: Alfred Wegener Institute ...

Under certain conditions fossils might not have been created ... tar pits, or in ice. Amber close amberHardened tree resin. is a substance that is formed from hardened tree sap or resin.